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School: Monaghan (Convent, Girls) (roll number 359)

Location:
Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Sr Síle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0956, Page 227

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  1. Means of Travelling Long Ago (continued)

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  2. Festivals of the Year

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    Festival of the year.
    St Stephen's Day : On this day a number of boys in our locality gather together and array themselves in gaudy colours and go round gathering money which they divide among themselves and usually spend it on "drink". They sing songs and dance and everyone has a rhyme of his [?]. They are called "Wren Boys" and they well deserve this title as they carry a large holly branch and a dead wren tied to it and as they come to the various
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